Forum of Design for the Public Realm
Places
AboutFoundation
Partner Schools
Print Archive
Peer Review
Submissions
Donate
Contact
Departments
CritiqueEssays
Gallery
Interviews
Multimedia
Partner News
Peer Reviewed
Poetry & Fiction
Projects
Topics
ArchitectureArt
Books
Cities / Places
Community
Culture
Design History
Design Practice
Development
Ecology
Economy
Education
Energy
Environment
Film / Video
Food/Agriculture
Geography
Health / Safety
History
Housing
Ideas
Infrastructure
Landscape
Photography
Planning
Politics / Policy
Preservation
Public / Private
Reputations
Sustainability
Technology
Theory/Criticism
Transportation
Urbanism
Water
Design Observer
ArchiveBooks + Store
Job Board
Email Archive
Comments
About
Contact
Log In
Register
Pickwick Landing Lock and Dam, Tennessee Valley Authority
Hardin County, Tennessee, 1934 – 1938
Pickwick was one of series of dams built by the TVA along the Tennessee River. Its stillwater lake extends 53 miles upstream and affects 23,000 acres; its construction required the relocation of over 500 families and 400 graves.
Tennessee Valley Authority photograph, ca. 1953.
SLIDESHOW: Image 1/33
ABOUT THE ESSAY
Dams Across AmericaA gallery of images showing the construction of some great U.S. hydroelectric dams of the 1930s and '40s, including Hoover and Grand Coulee — something to contemplate as the current administration struggles to stimulate the economy and smarten the power grid.
Read Essay >>
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Christine Macy is dean of architecture and planning at Dalhousie University.More Bio >>
